Perry, Marsh take out major state gongs

Australia allrounders Ellyse Perry and Mitch Marsh were among the major winners as New South Wales and Western Australia held their end-of-season awards nights on Thursday.

Having been crowned Australia's standout female player in 2017 at February's Allan Border Medal night, Perry added another individual accolade to her glittering resume, receiving the Belinda Clark Medal as the best NSW female player from the 2017-18 season.

The ICC's No.1 ranked allrounder and batter, Perry has now taken out the gong in two of past three seasons.

Blues opener Daniel Hughes took home the prestigious Steve Waugh Medal as the state's best male player, having scored 379 runs at an average of 63.17 including two centuries in the JLT One Day Cup.

Across the Nullarbor at Perth's new Optus Stadium, Marsh took out the Lawrie Sawle Medal as the best Warriors player of the summer, averaging 38.54 across his 12 innings to see him recalled to Australia's Test side during the Ashes.

Western Fury skipper Elyse Villani was rewarded for leading the state to their first Women's National Cricket League final in nearly two decades in winning the Zoe Goss Medal.

Former Test stars Adam Gilchrist and Damien Martyn were both inducted into the Gallery of Greats, the highest honour the WACA can bestow on an individual.

On the T20 front, the Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder KFC Big Bash League and Rebel Women's Big Bash League sides also handed out their major gongs.

Australia T20 allrounder Ashton Agar was named the Scorchers' best player from BBL|07 while English import Katherine Brunt took out her third straight award as the standout WBBL player.

Perry kept her hands full by adding the Sixers' WBBL MVP to her collection for the evening while Englishman Sam Billings was voted the best male player in Magenta from BBL|07.

Stand-in Ashes captain Rachael Haynes claimed the WBBL award for the Sydney Thunder while skipper Shane Watson was named the best Thunder BBL player. 

NSW award winners:

Steve Waugh Medal: Daniel Hughes

Belinda Clark Medal: Ellyse Perry

JLT Sheffield Shield MVP: Trent Copeland

JLT One Day Cup MVP: Nic Maddinson               

WNCL MVP: Rachael Haynes 

Sixers BBL MVP: Sam Billings                    

Sixers WBBL MVP: Ellyse Perry                

Thunder BBL MVP: Shane Watson

Thunder WBBL MVP: Rachael Haynes

Western Australia award winners:

Laurie Sawle Medal: Mitch Marsh

Zoe Goss Medal: Elyse Villani

Gallery of Great Inductions: Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist

Simon Katich Medal (Scorchers Player of the Season): Ashton Agar

Perth Scorchers Player of the Season: Katherine Brunt

JLT Sheffield Shield Player of the eaoson: Ashton Turner

JLT One-Day Cup Player of the Season: Shaun Marsh

Western Fury Player of the Sear: Elyse Villani

Female Rising Star: Taneale Peschel

Male Rising Star: Jhye Richardson